diff --git a/eng/pipelines/common/evaluate-default-paths.yml b/eng/pipelines/common/evaluate-default-paths.yml
index c5bebbf8aeb4a3..35c95b86ef151d 100644
--- a/eng/pipelines/common/evaluate-default-paths.yml
+++ b/eng/pipelines/common/evaluate-default-paths.yml
@@ -189,6 +189,8 @@ jobs:
       - eng/Version.Details.xml
       - eng/Versions.props
       - eng/testing/scenarios/BuildWasmAppsJobsList.txt
+      - eng/testing/tests.browser.targets
+      - eng/testing/tests.was*.targets
       - eng/testing/workloads-testing.targets
       - src/installer/pkg/sfx/Microsoft.NETCore.App/*
       - src/libraries/sendtohelix*
diff --git a/eng/testing/tests.wasi.targets b/eng/testing/tests.wasi.targets
index b95127d6132266..c63e05e65e9aa4 100644
--- a/eng/testing/tests.wasi.targets
+++ b/eng/testing/tests.wasi.targets
@@ -146,7 +146,12 @@
                             ManifestName="Microsoft.NET.Workload.Mono.ToolChain.Current"
                             Variant="latest"
                             Version="$(PackageVersionForWorkloadManifests)" />
-      <WorkloadCombinationsToInstall Include="latest" Variants="latest" />
+
+      <WorkloadIdForTesting Include="wasi-experimental-net8;wasi-experimental"
+                            ManifestName="Microsoft.NET.Workload.Mono.ToolChain.net8"
+                            Variant="net8"
+                            Version="$(PackageVersionForWorkloadManifests)" />
+      <WorkloadCombinationsToInstall Include="latest" Variants="latest;net8" />
     </ItemGroup>
   </Target>
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/mono/nuget/Microsoft.NET.Workload.Mono.Toolchain.net8.Manifest/WorkloadManifest.json.in b/src/mono/nuget/Microsoft.NET.Workload.Mono.Toolchain.net8.Manifest/WorkloadManifest.json.in
index a52b903984804f..1114ea27d7da02 100644
--- a/src/mono/nuget/Microsoft.NET.Workload.Mono.Toolchain.net8.Manifest/WorkloadManifest.json.in
+++ b/src/mono/nuget/Microsoft.NET.Workload.Mono.Toolchain.net8.Manifest/WorkloadManifest.json.in
@@ -460,7 +460,10 @@
     },
     "Microsoft.NETCore.App.Runtime.Mono.net8.wasi-wasm" : {
       "kind": "framework",
-      "version": "${PackageVersionNet8}"
+      "version": "${PackageVersionNet8}",
+      "alias-to": {
+        "any": "Microsoft.NETCore.App.Runtime.Mono.wasi-wasm"
+      }
     },
     "Microsoft.NETCore.App.Runtime.net8.win-x64" : {
       "kind": "framework",